Cerro Potosí
Cerro El Potosí is the highest mountain in the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range of northeast Mexico. It is located in the state of Nuevo León, about 80 km south of Monterrey.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,713 metres
- Description: mountain in Nuevo Leon, Mexico
- Also known as: “Cerro del Potosi”, “Cerro El Potosi”, “Cerro El Potosí”, and “Cerro Potosi”
Cerro Potosí
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Galeana Municipality, Nuevo León, Northern Mexico, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
24.87406° or 24° 52′ 27″ north
Longitude
-100.23373° or 100° 14′ 1″ west
Elevation
3,713 metres (12,182 feet)
Open location code
75PXVQF8+JG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Cerro Potosí” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Cerro el Potosí”
- Cebuano: “Cerro Potosí (bukid sa Mehiko, Estado de Nuevo León)”
- Cebuano: “Cerro Potosí”
- Dutch: “Cerro Potosí”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل سيرو ال پوتوسى”
- French: “Cerro Potosí”
- German: “Cerro Potosí”
- Ladin: “Cerro El Potosí”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cerro del Potosí”
- Norwegian: “Cerro del Potosí”
- Persian: “سرو پوتوسی”
- Portuguese: “Cerro Potosí”
- Russian: “Эль-Потоси (гора)”
- Russian: “Эль-Потоси”
- Slovenian: “Cerro El Potosí”
- Spanish: “Cerro El Potosí”
- Swahili: “Cerro del Potosí”
- Swedish: “Cerro Potosí”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: San José de la Joya and La Nueva Betania.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Reserva Natural Estatal Cerro El Potosí and El Apaste.
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